Your Interest in Theirs

Give a little, change a lot

Through our Your Interest in Theirs scheme, savers can choose to donate just a few pennies of their interest each year to help support charitable causes and local communities all across the UK.

Capped at 99p per account per calendar year, these small donations go a really long way – with over £600,000 raised since 2012.

How does it work?

At the end of every calendar year, we’ll calculate the total interest your savings have earned in each account you’ve signed up to the scheme. Then we will automatically donate the pence amount from those accounts. For example, if you earn £10.79 interest in a year on one of your accounts, 79p will be donated to the scheme. It’ll appear on your statement or in your passbook as a “CHARITY DON” payment.

Just so you know, if you’ve got a number of accounts with us and would like to donate from more than one, you’ll have to opt-in to the scheme for each account separately.

Get to know our current partners

At the moment the money raised by Your Interest in Theirs is split equally between Barnado's and the Leeds Building Society Foundation.

Barnardo's

Barnardo’s are helping young people leaving care to forge their own futures that they can be in charge of. To support this journey, we’re helping Barnardo’s provide them with the skills needed, from finding somewhere to live to managing their money.

Your pennies can help set care-experienced people on the right path and help us build brighter tomorrows.

Leeds Building Society Foundation

The Leeds Building Society Foundation makes donations to a number of UK charities, who are all working to improve the lives of people in disadvantaged or vulnerable circumstances.

Run by an independent Board of Trustees, the Foundation follows set criteria to identify which charity funding requests can be met. And since 1999 it’s supported over 2,600 local projects and good causes, including helping those affected by disability, homelessness or serious illness.

How can you join Your Interest in Theirs?

The scheme is open to all our savings account members and you’ll need to opt-in to take part:

• If you’re not already a member, you can opt-in when you open one of our savings accounts.

• If you’ve already got an account with us, you can opt-in any time at your local branch or by calling 03450 505 075 (Monday to Friday 8am-8pm, Saturday 9am-5pm).

• If you’re not sure whether you’re already part of the scheme, ask us in branch, give us a call or check your passbook.